Wonder Boys lose to UAM 51-50Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys head coach Doug Karleskint said prior to Thursday night’s battle against Arkansas-Monticello that the Boll Weevils matched up the with his team better than any other in the Great American Conference. UAM left Tucker Coliseum with a 51-50 win over ATU, its first home league loss of the season, on Thursday night. The Wonder Boys (14-9, 11-6 GAC) had their four-game win streak snapped, but are tied with Harding Universit...

Young lifts Arkansas past Georgia 62-60 FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Arkansas’ BJ Young didn’t have to think back long to remember what to do with the ball in the closing seconds. Young, who scored on back-to-back three-point plays in the closing minute to beat Missouri last week, was at it again on Thursday night — hitting a spinning layup with 6 seconds remaining to give the Razorbacks a 62-60 win over Georgia. “Same play, same setup as the Missouri game,” Young said. “We like to call (it)...

Gomez earns national honorCLEARWATER, Fla. — Arkansas Tech sophomore Siarra Gomez has added another weekly accolade to her collection, as the Golden Suns slugger was tabbed Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player of the Week, the NFCA announced Wednesday. Gomez also picked up GAC Player of the Week honors after hitting a remarkable .692 (9-for-13) with 10 runs scored, six HR’s and 12 RBIs at the Holiday Inn at the Falls Invitational. To close her impressive...

Regional rescheduling continuesWhile many high school basketball regional tournaments did tip off Thursday, more schedules were altered because of inclement weather. The Class 4A North Region tournament at Maumelle High School started Thursday, as Dardanelle’s girls were slated to play Prairie Grove and Dover’s girls were up against Gentry. Pottsville’s boys were slated to play Pea Ridge on Thursday night, while Pottsville’s girls will play Farmington at 7 p.m. today. The C...

Golden Suns beat UAM 73-53When you combine a near-perfect transition offense with Arkansas Tech University’s crippling defense, watch out for the first-place team in the Great American Conference standings. The Golden Suns ran all over the Arkansas-Monticello Cotton Blossoms on Thursday, leading by as many as 22 points (29-7) with 6:53 remaining in the first half en route to a 73-53 win inside Tucker Coliseum. Three ATU (17-6, 14-3 GAC) players scored in double figures...

Falls endures as No. 1 fan of the Golden SunsJeanice Falls never played basketball, but ask Arkansas Tech Golden Suns players from the past two decades and they’ll tell you she’s All-America as a fan. Falls, a member of the Arkansas Tech Class of 1938 and the person generally considered to be the No. 1 fan of Golden Suns basketball, hosted a reception for Arkansas Tech women’s basketball players and coaches at Emeritus at Wildflower in Russellville on Tuesday night. “It’s awesome to have...

Lady Eagles focus on continued improvementCLARKSVILLE — University of the Ozarks head softball coach Laurie Adkins expects to see continued improvement within her program after the Lady Eagles made significant strides in 2012. Ozarks will open the season Friday and Saturday during the Lyon College Invitational in Batesville. Ozarks returns five starters and its top two pitchers and posted wins over two nationally ranked teams in 2012. The Lady Eagles will be able to rely on a number o...

Golden Suns national team second in classicST. LOUIS — The Golden Suns 16-1 national team had another impressive finish in the St. Louis Presidents Day Classic this weekend by reaching the Gold Division championship game, which was broadcasted live on webcam across the U.S. The Golden Suns finished as the runner-up. The Golden Suns got the unlucky draw of having a first-day pool of five teams which meant they played one extra match. But competition didn’t seem to be a challenge for the...

3 ATU athletes earn top honorsWhat do Arkansas Tech University student-athletes Roselis Silva, Siarra Gomez and Willie Kirkland have in common? They were chosen as Great American Conference players of the week in basketball and softball, respectively. Silva was named a GAC co-player of the week after she scored 18 points and grabbed nine steals against Ouachita Baptist, then netted 25 and recorded six steals at Henderson State. The senior from Caracas, Venezuela, averaged ...

ATU finishes series sweepBETHANY, Okla. — Zac Johnson turned in a five-hit day, while Cole Fergus drove in six runs as the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (9-4, 3-0 Great American Conference) concluded a series sweep of Southern Nazarene (3-5, 0-3 GAC) with a 10-6, 8-6 doubleheader sweep of the Crimson Storm on Saturday. In the opening game, Fergus went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, while Thomas Biocic and Zac Johnson all turned in three hits as Arkansas Tech pounde...

Ozarks raises money for local crisis centerCLARKSVILLE — University of the Ozarks students and officials recently presented a check for $636.89 to the Interfaith Service Network of Clarksville. The funds were raised during a campus-wide competition sponsored by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Student Life Office. The campus community donated money during voting for the 2013 faculty/staff king and queen for Homecoming 2013. University President Dr. Rick Niece and F...

Reddies have no answer for KirklandARKADELPHIA — Saturday’s basketball game between visiting Arkansas Tech University and Henderson State University was round four of the “Battle of the Dougs,” or Wonder Boys head coach Doug Karleskint and former ATU men’s assistant and current Reddies head coach Doug Nichols. But Wonder Boys senior Willie Kirkland took over the Duke Wells Center and didn’t let it go until he hit a layup with 1.3 seconds to go in the game to give Arkansas Tech ...

Sport Briefs (Feb. 19, 2013)American Legion baseball fundraiser Friday The American Legion will host a sausage and pancake fundraiser Friday at the Legion Hut in Russellville. The American Legion Post 20 in Russellville sponsors American Legion Baseball for baseball players in area schools. The team will play approximately 25 games with teams from Conway, Fort Smith, North Little Rock, Jacksonville and Mountain Home. The cost of equipment, travel and meals and other expe...

Golden Suns lock down Lady ReddiesARKADELPHIA — Defense is the main reason several Arkansas Tech Golden Suns championship banners hang in the rafters of John E. Tucker Coliseum. ATU’s defense in the final 3:45 was the reason the Golden Suns beat the Henderson State Lady Reddies 68-62 on Saturday inside the Duke Wells Center and remained in sole possession of first place in the Great American Conference women’s standings. “I think our depth really paid off today,” Golden Suns h...

Wonder Boys edge Reddies on the roadARKADELPHIA — Saturday’s basketball game between visiting Arkansas Tech University and Henderson State University was round four of the “Battle of the Dougs,” or Wonder Boys head coach Doug Karleskint and former ATU men’s assistant and current Reddies head coach Doug Nichols. But Wonder Boys senior Willie Kirkland took over the Duke Wells Center and didn’t let it go until he hit a layup with 1.3 seconds to go in the game to give Arkansas Tech ...

Hogs beat Tigers 73-71 in thriller at Bud WaltonFAYETTEVILLE (AP) — BJ Young let his play remind everyone that Arkansas coach Mike Anderson wasn’t the only one with a point to prove against Missouri. Young, a St. Louis native, scored seven points in the final 29.3 seconds — including a pair of three-point plays — to help the Razorbacks rally for a 73-71 win over the Tigers on Saturday. The win is the first over Missouri for Anderson, who is in his second season at Arkansas after leaving the...

ATU softball splits in tourneyWICHITA FALLS, Texas — Ashton Long went 2-for-2 and Siarra Gomez belted a three-run homer in the opener, while Gomez, Nikki Nail, and Victoria Huie of Pottsville picked up two hits apiece in the nightcap as the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns beat Eastern New Mexico 12-0 in five innings and lost 4-3 to host Midwestern State on day one of the Holiday Inn at the Falls Invitational. In the opener, Shanna Davidson was magnificent for the Golden Suns (2-...

Golden Suns dominate Lady TigersArkansas Tech’s Golden Suns dominated the Ouachita Baptist Lady Tigers during their tale of two halves inside Tucker Coliseum Thursday night. How dominant? Not only did senior Jessica Weatherford set the tone with her aggressive move to start the second half, she drained her second 3-pointer of her career with 14 minutes to go, as the Suns shot as high as 65 percent from the field in the quarter and went on to win 74-55. ATU (15-6, 12-3 Great ...

Wonder Boys hold off Tigers If the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys had any chance of beating the Ouachita Baptist Tigers on Thursday night, they had to contain OBU senior sharpshooter Austin Mitchell, who scored 27 in OBU’s 57-52 win in Arkadelphia and has averaged 19.4 points per game against ATU in their last seven games. Wonder Boys junior Kendell Pinkney of Dardanelle accepted the challenge, shut the sharpshooter down and held him to no points inside Tucker Coliseum. But A...